October 4, 2005
Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-3749)
Doug Peterson/Nicole Cloutier
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 281/483-5111)
MEDIA ADVISORY: M05-166
NASA HONORS FORMER ASTRONAUT WALT CUNNINGHAM
NASA is honoring former astronaut Walt Cunningham as an "Ambassador of
Exploration." The award provides special recognition for the
astronauts of America's early space programs: Mercury, Gemini and
Apollo.
On Friday, Oct. 7, at noon EDT, NASA officials will present Cunningham
with a moon rock at the Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas. He is
donating the rock to the museum, which is temporarily housing the
Apollo 7 Command Module. Cunningham will be available for media
interviews.
Cunningham served during the Apollo 7 mission in October 1968. He
logged 263 hours in space during the 11-day, 163-orbit flight. The
mission's crew was the first to beam live telecasts from orbit,
giving millions of people worldwide their first views of space.
For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/home
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